A lot of women talk about voting - who they voted for and who they didn't. But with the passing of time and generations very few women speak of the right to vote and the women (suffragettes) who spent 72 years actively seeking the reality of the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution - giving women the ability to vote.
Today in 1920 - Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment making the right to vote a dream come true for thousands of women across the country.
Voting is more than a right - it is an obligation. Women who don't vote because of lack of time or interest insult the work and sacrifices of the women who made it possible for us. Yes, we are busier than ever raising children (often by ourselves) and working (often full-time jobs while raising children by ourselves), but I implore all women to cast their vote.
Why? Voting is power. It is empowering ourselves and our voices as individuals and a group. Women comprise the majority of the adult population and hence, the majority of the voters. Hence, if you wondered what would happen if women ruled the world you only have to get yourself and "your sistas" to the ballot box.
Today lets remember and thank women often forgotten, but whose lives are instrumental to the quality of life and liberty we enjoy today.
Here a few names (albeit limited) of women who got you to the ballot box.
Susan B Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Carrie Chapman Catt
Alice Paul
Lucy Burns
Lucretia Mott
Julia Ward Howe
Maud Humphrey
Vira Boarman Whitehouse
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